"Alright! Your godmother has finished weaving it. Niannian, do you like it?" Chen Zhixian finally tucked the end of the branch into the gap to seal it, and then handed it to the little baby who was already excitedly fluttering around.
Do you like it? Absolutely, I love it!
The little baby hugged the steaming flower basket tightly, reluctant to let go, especially the scattered flowers on the basket—red, orange, and yellow flowers. Although the colors were a bit too bright and colorful, the little baby loved them!
However, considering that it was for the Empress Dowager and not for outsiders, the little boy couldn't wait to stick his little bottom out in Chen Zhixian's arms and rummage through the flowers she had brought into the flower basket.
She still couldn't quite let go, but the little dumpling snuggled into Chen Zhixian's arms, nestled softly against her, and gave her a big, bright, sweet smile.
Chen Zhixian chuckled as she took the flowers, then hugged the little one again and helped her arrange them, making sure not a single flower was missed.
Emperor Chongjin looked at the flower basket that Chen Zhixian had arranged, and his twitching eyes finally relaxed—at least it looked much better than the one the girl had just haphazardly stuffed in.
However, the little dumpling herself didn't realize that as long as she stuffed all the flowers she had chosen into the basket, she would be very happy, her dimples would appear, and she would hug the flower basket tightly and refuse to let go.
Chen Zhixian picked up the little baby and put her on the ground, patting her little bottom. "Alright, it's getting late. The Shouci Palace should be starting to serve the meal soon. Niannian, go and give the flowers to the Empress Dowager."
The little baby, clutching the flower basket, spotted the cabinet next to him with his bright, dark eyes. Then, the little baby, who had just come out of Chen Zhixian's arms, snuggled back in, wriggling in her arms and tilting his little head up to ask in a childish voice, "Niannian wants to wear pretty clothes!"
Zhuangyou's eye twitched violently.
“Okay!” Chen Zhixian readily agreed with a gentle smile.
Zhuangyou's heart was pounding. She quickly stepped forward, pulling her little princess away while smiling broadly at Chen Zhixian, "No need to trouble Consort Zhao. Our little princess has plenty of clothes. How could we possibly take the clothes Consort Zhao makes?"
When the little girl saw her older sister Zhuangyou tugging at her, she quickly snuggled into her godmother's arms, her soft, sweet voice bluntly contradicting Zhuangyou's words, "Niannian's clothes are all ugly! Godmother's clothes are beautiful!"
Zhuangyou grabbed the little baby's arm and pulled him away, glaring at him fiercely for once, and threateningly whispered through gritted teeth, "It's beautiful! That was made by our Princess Consort herself for the little princess, it's extremely beautiful!"
Emperor Chongjin, witnessing this scene, immediately frowned, his face dark with displeasure. "No matter who made it, if Niannian doesn't like it, she won't wear it! Later, her godfather will send the embroiderers from the Imperial Household Department over there, and whatever Niannian likes, the Imperial Household Department will make it!"
Hearing Emperor Chongjin's majestic voice, Zhuangyou looked up at his doting manner towards his daughter and suddenly thought of Chen Zhixian's wardrobe, which was full of eye-catching floral clothes. She immediately shivered.
In the outer room, the two men who were not allowed to enter the inner room, neither of them wanted to leave first, and since the little baby was still in the room, Xuan Di and Huo Cheng Che shamelessly sat down in the outer room to "enjoy tea"—even though no one had served them tea yet.
At this moment, upon hearing the commotion inside, the two of them, unusually, twitched at the corners of their eyes in unison.
Then, the two of them, forgetting their bickering, quickly got up, silently reminding themselves, "I'm still a child," and then bowed their heads and went into the inner room. One of them took one of Emperor Chongjin's arms, and the other found a good excuse to "invite" Emperor Chongjin out.
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